The Penn's Grove record., 1887-04-02
OF HI WEEK

III was reported IN new 1OTk, on
the 26th, that James Kearney, of the
law irm of THAN Il Kearney, 'the
last man reported as an alleged swind-
Ter and a fugitive, has taken $50, 0O0 to
to $780, 0O in cash with him, all of
| which he has accumulated, it is alleged,
in transactions since his marriage, one
year ago." l.. N. Williamson, Secre-
tary of the Wisconsin Shoe Company,
was arrested in GAINESVILLE, Wisconsin,
on the evening Of the 18th, on the
charge of having embezzled SO, 900. 1t
IS said that $50, 200 have been stolen
from the company since its organiza-
ton. a few years ago. AT Chicago, on
the 18th, Daniel j. Wren, County Com
missioner, and Adam Ochs and John
f. Van Pelt, ex-members of tue Cook
County Board, arrested for d~efrauding
the county, were released from arrest
on furnishing bail in the sum OF $10,-
600 each.
The passengers of the stranded
steamer Scotia were all removed on the
Goth, and taken to New York. Dur
ing the night of the 25th she was
pushed by the heavy Va I'VE the
outer bar, and she now lies between
that and the inner bar. The vessels
masts, which were of iron, were not
cut down by the captains order, as at
first reported, but snapped off when
she struck.
AT Alameda, in San Francisco
Bay, on the 26th, j. G. Haggett took
four of his children, three boys and
one girl, out in a row boat fishing.
just as he was about to return he
stood up in the boat to put on his
o~vercoat. The boat capsized, throw
ing all the occupants into the water.
Other boats went to the rescue, but
only two of the boys were drawn from
the water, and u Of them died soon
after.
Lewis Smith, 35 years old, was
arranged before a Police Magistrate in
New York, on the 9th, charged with
forgery. He purchased 1885 worth Of
diamonds from Moses l.. Won Moppes,
a diamond broker, and gave a check
for Sl475 on the Merchants National
Bank of Philadelphia. The change.
$40, and the diamonds were left for
the night in the brokers' safe, but were
taken away next morning by Smith.
Tie check proved to be worthless.
Within a few weeks three trains
on the Wisconsin Central Railroad
have been thrown from the track near
Eau Claire by displacement of the
switch. Edward Bradley. aged Is
years, was arrested on the 25th, on
suspicion of being the culprit. He is
believed to be insane.
Edward Whelan, of Newturgh,
New York, injured at tue Buffalo hotel
fire, is dead, making the number of
victims 10.
Joseph Young, OF Springtown.
New Jersey, whose name was forged
on notes for large amounts by William
S. Carpenter, a justice of the peace,
who aDsconded some weeks ago, com.
mitted suicide on the 9th Young
fear ed he would lose Sl40O by the
~forgeries. lie and Carpenter were
brothers in-law. s -..
The trial of Frank label for kill
ing his brother Charles, in Reading,
Penna., on the 18th, resulted in a YER
dict of not guilty, on the ground of in
sanity.
AT Mount Vernon, Kentucky, on
the evening of the 18th, William
L~evisey, aged IA years, was stabbed
through the heart by William Vowals,
aged 10. The murderer had some boy
ish grudge against his victim. In a
quarrel in a gambling hell In Boston on
the 2Sth, David Lanahan was shot
dead and Edward Flanagan mortally
wounded by Adolph A. Albrecht. The
three men were alone In the room,
playing faro. and the quarrel arose
over the game. Albrecht, who is a
druggist, claims that he acted in self
defence, but several circumstances are
against his story. His victims were
proprietors of the place.
The Sanderson Steel Works, in
Geddes, a suburb of Syracuse, New
York. were destroyed by fire early on
the morning of the 28th. The build
ings covered two acres of ground,
and the loss is estimated at $220.00O.
The works were owned by English
capitalists. being a branch OF the Sand
erson Works, IN Shefield, England,
and they will be rebuilt at once A
fire In Memphis, Tennessee, early on
the morning of the 2Sth. destroyed l..
Besthoff & Co.'s furniture store. Ulla-
thorne & Co.'S seed store, William
Quinn's boarding house and saloon.
and James Currey's Tivoli Garden.
The loss aggregates 500, 600; insurance,
sal, 900. The Sargent Paint Com
pany's building in st. Louis was
burned on the afternoon of the 2Sth
Loss, SAC. 600; insured. The leather
mandatory and storehouse of John
Maxwell & Co., 1t North Winchester,
Massachusetts. were burned on tn
evening of the 28th. Loss, Sl0O 0OO.
There was a general and heavy
snow and wind storm through ut tie
Northwest on the 26th and 9Th
Trains on many railroads were DELAYED,
aud IN Des Moines the streets were
blocked by snow.
No further light has been thrown
upon the mystery of the murder at
Railway, New Jersey. A well dressed
woman called at the Prince Street Sta.
ton III New York, on the 26th, and
said she believed the victim was her
daughter, because of the description OF
the murdered girls teeth, hair, cloth
ing, and a piece of jewelry found near
her, which correspondent to that Of her
daughter, whom she last saw six weeks
ago. Her daughter ran away from
home two years ago and welded a man
who afterward she learned had been
married be ore. The girl never told
where she lived. Her daughter, the
woman said, had threatened TO leave
her husband, and be had threanened to
kill her il she did. The woman would
give no name, but said she would 80 TO
Railway on the 18th. The Chief OF
Police OF Railway, said on the 18th,
that ''every clew he had worked upon
thus far proved u be false A con.
stable from Crawford arrived in Rah
way later and was closeted with U
Chief. He claimed to have informa-
ton indicating that the murderer was
"a young man living IN Railway.